Jay Slater's friend releases harrowing new photo of missing teenager | UK News

Lucy Law was also one of the last people to speak to Mr Slater, who disappeared almost three weeks ago.

One of Jay Slater's best friends has posted a poignant new photo of the 19-year-old, nearly three weeks after he went missing.

Lucy Law, who was also one of the last people to speak to Mr. Slaterposted a photo of the teenager with a crying emoji and a blue heart.

At 8.50am on Monday 17 June, Ms Law and Ms Slater had a phone call in which he said he was lost, needed water and his phone had 1% battery.

He was reported missing shortly after.

The teenager was at a music festival on Sunday evening when he left with two men and went to a remote rented holiday home in the village of Masca in Tenerife.

He was last seen walking back to his accommodation in Los Cristianos – a journey of around 11 hours.

Police cancelled the land hunt on June 30 after 12 days.

A GoFundMe fundraiser for Mr Slater's family is close to reaching £50,000, with his mother Debbie Duncan saying she will use the money to support volunteers looking for Mr. Slater in the mountain.

Ms Duncan also said “words cannot describe the pain and agony” she and her family are feeling following the teenager's disappearance.

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In a statement released through the UK charity for missing people abroad, LBT Global, she said the family were “absolutely devastated” by his disappearance.

“Jay is a normal guy who is in his third year of apprenticeship, and he is a very popular young man with a wide circle of friends,” she said.

“We are a very close family and are absolutely devastated by his passing.

“Words cannot describe the pain and agony we are going through. He is our beautiful boy, he has his whole life ahead of him and we just want him back.”